Labour expels TD after bank guarantee vote

THE Government has lost a third TD after Labour’s Tommy Broughan voted against a coalition proposal to extend the bank guarantee scheme.

Mr Broughan was expelled from the Labour parliamentary party after his decision to vote with the Opposition.

Labour chief whip Emmet Stagg said Mr Broughan’s actions were regarded “as a grievous breach of party discipline” and he had been expelled “with immediate effect”.